What book are you reading right now?

Jamie,

That's 'tastier' than the cook books I received. 

Steve

Christmas present from my fabulous partner.

Graham. 

Very amusing.

Might gives those a try... love Moro as well.

I asked because my favourite restaurant n the world (the two best meals I've ever eaten were both there) is Lasserre in Paris. My ex once gave me the cookbook:

Basically, Lasserre is an old fashioned French haute cuisine establishment, and except for the most dedicated and skilled amateur, the recipes in the book are completely impossible -assuming you could source the ingredients!

I read that years and years ago. Great book.

Winky, I presume that you read 'Gorky Park'. In my opinion it is his best novel. Have you read any of Cormak McCarthy books? As an outdoorsman, you will have a special appreciation of his stories.

I've read "The Road". NCFOM is on my list. I read Gorky Park years ago, but it didn't make the same impression on me as Stallion Gate. I must give it another go.

Get "The Crossing", a story involving two young brothers and a she-wolf crossing from Texas to Mexico. Aside of the plot, the nature (desert) descriptions are out of this world. I am planning to read it again after 'Red Square'.

(But with a different cover.) Very witty.

steve

My lad had this for his birthday , so we dip into it now and then. Disgsusting , childish and great fun.

E.G. She is an aeroplane blond................. still has a black box.

Mornings in Jenin 

Susan Abulhawa

Very absorbing book.  While a fictional account, it is based on true events.  Certainly makes you look at the Arab v Israeli conflict with a new perspective.

Well worth a read.

Regards

Nic

Fabulous read. Ben MacIntyre is brilliant at these wholly-improbable-but-completely-true stories from the War. I first bought this last year after seeing a wonderful BBC programme about Eddie Chapman's exploits. The book is even better.

Great book. I enjoy so much more Le Carre's earlier works. Have you read his "A Small town in Germany"?

Just been re-reading some of Le Carre's mid-late novels.He is, in my opinion, one of the best English novel writers, not just a spy writer.

His use of language (for descriptions of people, and for speech) is sometimes almost poetic, his heroes (often anti-heroes really) are interesting, and of course his stories are very well crafted.

"A perfect spy" and "The Russia house" are 2 good examples.

However, I prefer to read to a background of silence, or soft instrumental music, so not sure reading is compatible with serious music listening - unless you can multi task (which I can't!)

Another preposterous (but true) story of wartime derring-do and deception by the excellent Ben MacIntyre:

Another exhibition catalogue I'm finally getting round to reading. Mostly pretty pictures so shouldn't take too long...

Quite good